Dermot Roantree
Partition and the common good
March 19, 2025
DERMOT ROANTREE :: When it comes to contested borders it is essential that the common good be put before 'reasons of state'.
Read moreSteering away from neoliberalism
January 14, 2025
DERMOT ROANTREE :: Ireland has relied far too heavily on a neoliberal model of growth. It's time to chart a better course.
Read moreOn poetry and the sacred
October 2, 2024
DERMOT ROANTREE :: There are clear affinities between the disposition of the poet – and indeed the reader of poetry – and the attitude of people at prayer.
Read moreChallenging prison policy
June 24, 2024
DERMOT ROANTREE (STUDIES) :: In criminal justice, the state must not intrude on the life of citizens any more than is needed to achieve a legitimate social purpose.
Read moreAccess to the arts as a human right
March 5, 2024
DERMOT ROANTREE :: The arts have a transformative power that makes them much more than a luxury in a democratic society.
Read moreSeeking justice in this world
December 18, 2023
DERMOT ROANTREE :: Seeking justice in the here and now is integral to the Christian commitment to take the Gospel exhortations and promises seriously.
Read moreThinking ahead to Ireland’s future
March 7, 2023
DERMOT ROANTREE :: What kind of Ireland do we want in 2030? Many concrete issues need attention, but most of all we must ask from where we will draw our...
Read moreOn Heaney, home and homecoming
January 26, 2023
DERMOT ROANTREE [STUDIES] :: Seamus Heaney's modernism is defended from those who would see him as provincial, in a 1986 essay in Studies by Richard Kearney.
Read moreThe worldview of Vatican II
December 6, 2022
DERMOT ROANTREE :: The Second Vatican Council articulated an expansive worldview that drew on the deepest traditions of the Church.
Read moreHope for the future requires remembrance of the past
September 20, 2022
DERMOT ROANTREE :: Christian hope requires remembrance of the past – of the suffering of Christ, and so that of all victims.
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